Dad who posted TikTok dance videos while his son was in the NICU is now taking the baby home

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Updated: 3:43 AM CST Mar 3, 2020

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I did it. Just a silly thing just to do it just to see what happened. Then I woke up the next morning. I had 500,000 views on you've been through it. You can't put in words heart of this. I always have more worried for these people have been talking to that. I've been in there for 100 90 days. 200 days. Lost her kids in the nick. You would tell me that their smiles for the first time in weeks on my thanking me on my way.

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Dad who posted TikTok dance videos while his son was in the NICU is now taking the baby home

A dad who went viral on TikTok for dancing while waiting for his son to leave the NICU has a new reason to celebrate.Chris Askew’s son Dylan has finally left the hospital.Watch the video above to learn more about their story. When Dylan was born prematurely, Askew decided to dance the stress away and shared his moves on the social media platform TikTok. “I did it, just a silly thing, just to see. And I woke up the next morning and I had 500,000 views on it,” Askew said.Askew danced for Dylan who was born in mid-January, two months premature, only weighing four pounds. “Unless you've been through it, you can't put into words how hard it is,” Askew said.Askew is a Seminole County firefighter, and a self-admitted addict of TikTok.Askew posted a video of himself every day on TikTok until his baby boy was strong enough to get out of the neonatal intensive care unit at Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies.Askew shot his first video in the laundry room at the Ronald McDonald House, his second with his wife, Danielle, and baby Dylan in the hospital, and he continued to post more videos — one with the nurses in the NICU unit, one with his fellow firefighters, one with UCF’s mascot, one with the Orlando Magic dancers, and the list goes on.Askew shared his story in hopes that other people would come forward to share theirs.As of Monday, Askew’s videos had over 75,000 people who followed his “daddy dance” journey.Related video: Baby born on leap day shares rare birthday with her dad

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. —

A dad who went viral on TikTok for dancing while waiting for his son to leave the NICU has a new reason to celebrate.

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Chris Askew’s son Dylan has finally left the hospital.

Watch the video above to learn more about their story.

When Dylan was born prematurely, Askew decided to dance the stress away and shared his moves on the social media platform TikTok.

“I did it, just a silly thing, just to see. And I woke up the next morning and I had 500,000 views on it,” Askew said.

Askew danced for Dylan who was born in mid-January, two months premature, only weighing four pounds.

“Unless you've been through it, you can't put into words how hard it is,” Askew said.

Askew is a Seminole County firefighter, and a self-admitted addict of TikTok.

Askew posted a video of himself every day on TikTok until his baby boy was strong enough to get out of the neonatal intensive care unit at Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies.

Askew shot his first video in the laundry room at the Ronald McDonald House, his second with his wife, Danielle, and baby Dylan in the hospital, and he continued to post more videos — one with the nurses in the NICU unit, one with his fellow firefighters, one with UCF’s mascot, one with the Orlando Magic dancers, and the list goes on.

Askew shared his story in hopes that other people would come forward to share theirs.

As of Monday, Askew’s videos had over 75,000 people who followed his “daddy dance” journey.

Related video: Baby born on leap day shares rare birthday with her dad